JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2817

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the Borough of Onehunga under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Onehunga, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday to Thursday (inclusive), 7 p.m.; Friday, 9 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.:

And whereas the Onehunga Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the borough:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 20th day of July, 1914, all chemists’ shops in the Borough of Onehunga shall be closed each evening from Monday to Thursday (inclusive) at 7 p.m., and Friday 9 p.m.

NOTE.—The statutory half-holiday is on Saturday from 1 p.m., but chemists’ shops may open again from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the sale of medicine and surgical appliances.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of July, 1914.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Edgar Neate, Christchurch.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in receiving money as the consideration for an assurance or agreement implied to pay money on events relating to horse-races, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or any fictitious or assumed name) shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

EDGAR NEATE, Christchurch.

Dated this 9th day of July, 1914.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block III, Waipakura Survey District, for the Purposes of a Scenic Reserve and Road Access thereto.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for a scenic reserve and road access thereto:

And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Te Tuhi, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

FOR SCENIC RESERVE.

FOR ROAD ACCESS.

| 1 0 18·3 | Tauakira 2o | III | Waipakura | P.W.D. 34667 | Neutral tint. |
| 0 1 21 | " | " | " | Ditto .. | Ditto. |

All in the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured

as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1914.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1914.

HOKIANGA RIVER ENTRANCE.—BAR SHOALING CONSIDERABLY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th July, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that recent soundings on the bar at the entrance to Hokianga River show very considerable shoaling, and there is at present no deep-water channel anywhere. Deepest water was found almost in old North Channel, but a flat extends right to bar, across this channel, with 12 ft. and 13 ft. on it at L.W.O.S.T. The best water was with flagstaff bearing E. ¼° N. to about E. ¾° N. magnetic. The South Channel has a bank right across the entrance inside it, absolutely blocking this channel. The bank has only about 5 ft. of water on it at L.W.S. tides.

The channel is at present in a transitory stage, and a deep-water channel is almost certain to break out somewhere before long. At present the scour appears to be finding no proper outlet, but as the deepest water is to be found towards the North Channel probably the scour will wash this channel out first.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1091A and 2525; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vii, page 201; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1914, page 422, and plan facing page 422.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 71 of 1914.

CABLE IN RANGITOTO CHANNEL.—PROHIBITED ANCHORAGE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th July, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that two beacons have been erected on the Takapuna Beach 2⅓ cables south (true) from inside end of Takapuna Wharf, and 259° from Rangitoto beacon light (see plan on Notice No. 43 of 1913) at the bottom of Strand Road, showing the line of the shore end of the Doubtless Bay Pacific cable.

Masters of vessels are warned not to anchor within half a mile of the Takapuna Beach in the line of these beacons.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 35; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1914, page 400.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Palæontologist to the Mines Department, Wellington.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th July, 1914.

APPLICATIONS, to be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, New Zealand, will be received up till noon on the 30th November, 1914, for the position of Palæontologist to the Mines Department, Wellington.

Applicants must give full particulars of education, age, health, and experience, and must—

(a.) Have a good knowledge of geology;

(b.) Have performed original work in connection with palæontology.

A knowledge of one or more foreign languages is desirable.

The chief duties will be—

(1.) To classify the fossil collections of the Geological Survey;

(2.) To specialize in some branch of New Zealand palæontology, preferably in connection with the Cretaceous and Tertiary fauna or flora;

(3.) To assist field geologists in determination of fossils; &c.; and

(4.) To perform any necessary fieldwork in connection with general palæontological work.

Salary, £345; maximum, £400. Professional Division. Deductions to be made for superannuation, and appointment to be subject to the Public Service Act, 1912.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.